The residual-mean circulation in the tropical tropopause layer driven by tropical waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1305-1322

  Ortland, David A ^a   Alexander, M Joan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; EXPERIMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; PRIMARY MECHANISM; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE; TROPICAL TROPOPAUSE LAYERS;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EQUATORIAL WAVE; HEATING; KELVIN WAVE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOPAUSE; UPWELLING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84896905130     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0100.1     Document Type: Article

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